Posted by Peter Ceresole on December 12, 2006 at 12:27:29 from 80.177.22.49 user PeterC.
In Reply to: Windermere high water posted by John Giddy on December 12, 2006 at 11:27:37:
What causes the large change in level of the lake ?
Probably a combination of torrential rain (looking at the Ferry Cam in the past few nights, at times you could see it fairly hammering down) and wind, which may be backing the water up.
I presume the lake level is controlled by some arrangement of weirs, but with that much rain falling on the fells and the streams pouring it down into the lakes, a couple of feet isn't that great a rise.